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• ► 2017 (40)
  • ► August (3)
    • • Coastal path plan unveiled
    • • Pop-up food venues to open this week
    • • Council buys shop to expand King’s Theatre
  • ► July (6)
    • • Free opera this Wednesday
    • • Phone box advert plan defeated
    • • Rough sleepers in Portsmouth
    • • Free bandstand events off to a flying start
    • • New learning disability housing to open
    • • Exciting new proposals for Moneyfields football club
  • ► June (4)
    • • Election result
    • • New shower to be installed in Canoe Lake
    • • Rewarding volunteers
    • • The causes of delayed discharges from hospital
  • ► April (4)
    • • Public access to the pier and licensing hours
    • • Marks and Spencer closure
    • • Cumberland House museum reopens
    • • University launches new nursing training centre
  • ► March (8)
    • • Broadcasting council meetings
    • • Another new hotel in the pipeline
    • • Eastern Road improvements move forward
    • • French exchange opportunity
    • • Pro tennis tournament coming to Southsea
    • • New hotel planned for Old Portsmouth
    • • Good news for local government in the budget
    • • The Housing White Paper and its local implications
  • ► February (7)
    • • Shocking tactics as LibDems falsely accuse council for the moving of the Yomper
    • • City centre redevelopment plans
    • • Council budget
    • • Anstey hotel planning appeal passes
    • • Big boost for capital projects
    • • Seafront shelter to be restored and a boost for the pier
    • • Working with charities
  • ► January (8)
    • • Fire services in Portsmouth
    • • Secondary school rolls rise again
    • • Portsmouth's economy grows
    • • Police and the council tax
    • • Interaction saved
    • • Housebuilding stats
    • • Eastern Road waterbridge
    • • Four-year funding settlement for local government
• ► 2016 (40)
  • ► December (4)
    • • Request for funding for South Parade Pier
    • • New housing to help the disabled
    • • Consultation on changes to the health and care system
    • • Generating income to offset budget reductions
  • ► October (7)
    • • Prison land deal will make city just a little more attractive
    • • Limiting the numbers of Houses in Multiple Occupation
    • • Last wartime landing craft coming to Portsmouth
    • • Helping the traders in Commercial Road
    • • New student tower for city centre is good news
    • • New student tower for city centre is good news
    • • Planning application for road at Fraser Ranges
  • ► August (4)
    • • Best ever GCSE results in Portsmouth, even while the pass rate falls across the rest of the country
    • • Inside the new Greetham St student tower
    • • University numbers are not rising
    • • New hovercraft arrive
  • ► July (7)
    • • Sharing senior management with other councils
    • • Wild flowers in Milton Park
    • • Building new affordable housing through a council-owned company
    • • New movable café planned for seafront
    • • Council embraces new technology to improve social care
    • • Miltoncross probably won't be able to expand
    • • Thoughts on Kingston Prison
  • ► May (2)
    • • Resurfacing of the esplanade
    • • Election 2016
  • ► April (2)
    • • Mobile blood donor vans to be withdrawn
    • • Police to share public sector buildings
  • ► March (8)
    • • Portsmouth may get a local lottery
    • • New investment into Isle of Wight ferry service
    • • The NHS and giving people more power over their care and health needs
    • • The England coastal path
    • • Cleaning for the Queen
    • • Who knew? Cardboard boxes with other recyclables in them contaminate recycling collections
    • • Brunel House could be turned into micro-flats - and the council is powerless to stop it
    • • Flats approved on Goldsmith Avenue
  • ► February (3)
    • • Making a start on the Redknapp land
    • • Balancing risk and cost at the fire service
    • • Combined authorities and elected mayors
  • ► January (3)
    • • Work starts on new council flats
    • • Southern Water and Langstone Harbour
    • • Developer's Forum gets off to a good start
• ► 2015 (45)
  • ► December (1)
    • • How the council is already using its reserves and why there’s nothing left for new spending
  • ► November (8)
    • • The impact of the Spending Review on local government
    • • Adult Social Care and the council tax
    • • Generating income by investing
    • • Growing demand for school places
    • • Tennis club reveals Canoe Lake plans
    • • Afternoon free parking to be introduced to three car parks
    • • Council budget to save £16.1m
    • • Fire authority consults on changes to service
  • ► October (4)
    • • Budget consultation - still time to take part
    • • Distribution warehouse deal at Dunsbury Hill Farm
    • • Adult Social Care vision
    • • Children's home deal helps kids and saves money
  • ► August (5)
    • • Bee hive officially unveiled
    • • Business Park moves forward
    • • Hants fire and police to share H. Q.
    • • End of the line for the Hayling ferry
    • • A new children’s home in Priory Crescent
  • ► July (7)
    • • Beach clean
    • • Brunel House tower planning refused
    • • Arundel Street gets belated spring clean
    • • New investment fund to be launched
    • • Beach huts plan
    • • Spinnaker Tower deal good for Portsmouth
    • • Election result
  • ► June (1)
    • • Ferry Road traffic calming
  • ► April (9)
    • • A history of Savoy Buildings
    • • Arundel Street repairs
    • • Money found for rural show and kite festival
    • • Beach huts update
    • • New rules to protect pubs
    • • Rebuilding the footbridge over Anglesea Road
    • • New gelato business for seafront
    • • Ben Ainslie deal was the best available
    • • Canopy at the pier to reopen
  • ► March (10)
    • • Savoy Buildings planning application going to appeal
    • • New café to open in Western Parade
    • • shared space cycle route to Miltoncross school
    • • Investing in the City Centre
    • • McCarthy and Stone land
    • • Fuel cell test site
    • • Office space let
    • • Improvements to Hampshire Terrace lights
    • • Telephone boxes in Commercial Road
    • • Sponsorship for winter bedding plants
• ► 2014 (25)
  • ► December (4)
    • • Savoy Buildings planning decision deferred
    • • Park and ride proving popular
    • • Pier repair order issued
    • • The council budget and the government grant
  • ► October (7)
    • • Budget put back by a month
    • • Beach huts plan advertised
    • • Henderson Road traffic calming plans
    • • New parking charges
    • • Victorious a great success
    • • Changes to Savoy Buildings scheme
    • • Fire authority sets up trading company
  • ► September (1)
    • • letter to the News - Scottish independence
  • ► August (1)
    • • St James hospital
  • ► July (6)
    • • Dog fouling, smokers and private enforcement
    • • The redevelopment of St James’ hospital
    • • An overview of the council budget
    • • Henderson Road traffic calming
    • • Savoy Buildings planning application
    • • A chance to meet the bus company
  • ► June (1)
    • • Very expensive beach huts
  • ► May (5)
    • • Political control of the council
    • • Election results
    • • The future of South Parade Pier
    • • Park and Ride petition makes progress
    • • Cycling forum and road safety